I don't really understand why it was so difficult, either. It just didn't click for me until later. If I had to take it again now, I'd probably do just fine, but at the time I couldn't quite grasp it. I struggled with Chemistry, too, though I managed a come-from-behind A there, and I didn't even try Statics, though it would have helped when I took the FE exam.
It's just the flip side of Calc 1 and obviously you did well in Calc 3.....interesting.
The one class I had trouble with was Engineering Statics.....beams, forces, right-hand rule, etc. Maybe because I was going for a chemical degree, but that crap confused the hell out of me! I dropped it one semester when I found out that the summer class was a bit easier due to the time constaints. I barely got by that SOB with a C.
The one class I had trouble with was Engineering Statics.....beams, forces, right-hand rule, etc. Maybe because I was going for a chemical degree, but that crap confused the hell out of me! I dropped it one semester when I found out that the summer class was a bit easier due to the time constaints. I barely got by that SOB with a C.
Calc 2 was by far the most difficult class for me in getting my Engineering degree. For a little background, I aced Calc 1 (Differentiation) without really trying, breezed through Calc 3 (Multivariate Calculus), and only had to work a little harder in my Linear Algebra & Differential Equations course. So, in those three classes, I got all As without really trying. I failed Calc 2. I took it again and got a C. Math comes pretty easy for me, and all the As I got would seem to support that, but for some reason I couldn't quite grasp integration until I was using it in Multivariate Calculus the next semester.
I got As and Bs in all my engineering and science courses, and eventually graduated with honors. So, while Calc 2 was by far the most difficult course I took in college, it didn't prevent me from doing well in my other classes.
I got As and Bs in all my engineering and science courses, and eventually graduated with honors. So, while Calc 2 was by far the most difficult course I took in college, it didn't prevent me from doing well in my other classes.
Kaldric
P.S. The "NSSP" is implied.
Of course, [Quixote] carried it a bit too far. He thought that every windmill was a giant. That's insane. But, thinking that they might be...
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P.S. The "NSSP" is implied.
Of course, [Quixote] carried it a bit too far. He thought that every windmill was a giant. That's insane. But, thinking that they might be...
--Justin Playfair, They Might Be Giants
Question for Engineering majors/graduates
- 27/06/2011 08:12:43 AM
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If you can do Calc 2, you can do engineering courses, with sufficient sweat equity. *NM*
- 27/06/2011 01:38:37 PM
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Electrical Engineer here.
- 27/06/2011 02:32:14 PM
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Wow, Calc 2 was that hard for you?
- 27/06/2011 02:51:07 PM
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Re: Wow, Calc 2 was that hard for you?
- 27/06/2011 03:29:25 PM
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Anecdotally I'd say it's usually one of the hardest classes, or maybe the first 'hard one'
- 27/06/2011 05:20:42 PM
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It's kind of hard. It could get harder. It's all hard. You can do it! *NM*
- 29/06/2011 09:18:09 PM
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